Collaboration and Coordination in Nigeria’s Multi-Activity Program Findings from an Organizational Network Analysis

Collaboration and Coordination in Nigeria’s Multi-Activity Program Findings from an Organizational Network Analysis
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Abstract: Data for Impact (D4I) is conducting a prospective mixed-methods portfolio evaluation of four USAID/Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) activities, with a focus on comparing an integrated health-programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria). As part of this evaluation, we conducted an organizational network analysis (ONA) to better understand collaboration and coordination through structural aspects of resource, information, and funding exchange in Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Zamfara where different combinations of activities are being employed:

Integrated approach: The Integrated Health Project (IHP) implements a fully integrated set of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health plus nutrition and malaria and health system strengthening interventions. This approach is being used in Ebonyi and Kebbi.

Disease-focused approach: The President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) focuses on malaria health programming and health system strengthening. This disease-focused approach is being used in both Ebonyi and Zamfara.

In all three states, demand creation is led by Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria (BA-N), and commodity procurement and distribution is led by the Global Health Supply Chain Program[1]Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM).

In this analysis, we evaluated the potential effects of the integrated, disease-focused, and combination approaches on three types of sharing networks constructed from a survey of organizations in these states: non-monetary resource sharing, information sharing, and funding sharing. Selected findings from a sustainability assessment that included a structured survey and key informant interviews among HPN activity stakeholders were also considered alongside the ONA results for additional context and triangulation. This report shares more.

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Shortname: TR-23-510 D4I
Author(s): Devin J. Cornell, MA; Tory M. Taylor, MPH; Siân L. Curtis, PhD
Year: 2023
Language: English
Region(s): NIGERIA
Filed under: Evaluation, HPN, Nigeria, ona, Report